Example sentences of "do [adv] [vb base] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For Labour , Mr Donald Dewar said the figures did not amount to a real increase and took no account of cuts in local authority spending in recent years . |
| 2 | But singing songs and letter writing , though powerful antidotes to homesickness , did not amount to a decent education , as Anna Essinger was well aware . |
| 3 | Therefore , so far as the original shareholders were concerned , clause 3 of the shareholders ' agreement did not amount to an unlawful fetter on the company 's statutory power to increase its share capital ; it was simply a personal agreement outside the articles between the shareholders who executed it about how they would exercise their voting rights in relation to the creation or issue of shares , and did not purport to bind future shareholders . |
| 4 | These fragmentary observations — some of them , like the contrast between government and administration , misleading — clearly do not amount to a systematic theory of the political transition from capitalist to socialist society , or of the eventual nature of a socialist political system . |
| 5 | The strong correlation between characterization and prenominal position , and " occasion " use and postnominal position also falls naturally into place , as well as the fact that it does not amount to a complete correspondence . |
| 6 | Should the local authority refuse to initiate formal proceedings for some reason , perhaps because they are of the opinion that the odour does not amount to a statutory nuisance or they themselves are causing the offending odour , then an individual complainant may himself take summary action under s.99 of the Public Health Act 1936 , ( see Chapter 3 ) but may not bring proceedings in the High Court . |
| 7 | If the Magistrates ' Court is satisfied that the odour complained of does indeed amount to a statutory nuisance , a nuisance order must be granted for one or both the following purposes : |